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Lorna Myers on Nov 22nd, 2021 in
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This year, the Epilepsy Alliance of America awarded eight fantastic women scholarships to assist them in pursuing their education. The main criteria for this award is that the applicant must have a diagnosis of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) and can show that he/she is planning on using these funds to further his/her education.
Why was this scholarship set up? Several years back, I decided to take all...
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Lorna Myers on Jun 30th, 2021 in
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There is so much that we need to do to improve the lives of those living with PNES. We definitely need to increase treatment options and to ensure a growing number of clinicians are available to treat this health condition. To achieve this, research on treatment outcome is a necessity, and as such, funding is required. Until now, clinical trials have been conducted on relatively small samples [except for a...
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Lorna Myers on Jun 16th, 2021 in
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Psychoeducation: refers to some form of intervention (lecture, support group meeting or published materials) that aims to educate the audience members/readers about a specific health condition, provides coping suggestions and informs about treatment options. Usually, psychoeducation is provided by health professionals but not necessarily; patients who have educated themselves about their health issues can prove...
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Lorna Myers on Jun 15th, 2021 in
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If we can say anything for sure about COVID-19 is that there is still a lot that we do not know. Making matters worse, at times experts have communicated confusing and contradictory information to the public. One of the clearest examples of these confounding messages can be found in the advice provided regarding mask wearing. In March of 2020, experts on news outlets were saying “definitely, do not wear a...
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Lorna Myers on Apr 15th, 2021 in
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This feature article was just published by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and summarizes meetings that took place last year.
https://www.newswise.com/articles/what-should-we-call-psychogenic-non-epileptic-seizures
Note: I will continue to call PNES by this name below since we do not have a better term yet.
Why is this important what we call this disorder, you might ask?
In summary, the name...